[pin.ta] n [AmerSp, fr. Sp, spot, mark, fr. (assumed) VL pincta] (1825): a chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a spirochete (Treponema careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis
[2]pinta n [pint + -a (as in cuppa)] (1959) Brit: a pint of milk